Kathy Malloch, RN, PhD, MBA
President of KMA and a nationally known writer and speaker, Dr Malloch has been a registered nurse for 30 years. Successful innovations include healing model management, matrix performance measurement, and ENEPCS^SM (Expert Nurse Estimation Patient Classification System). Clients include health care organizations from 50 beds to those with over 1000 beds and multiple divisions.

Prior to her focus on consulting and education, she held positions of staff nurse, nurse manager, director of nursing, and Vice-President for Patient Care Services. She is a frequent presenter and has written on healing environments, professional nursing practice, and patient classification. Dr. Malloch is a graduate of Wayne State University, College of Nursing, received an MBA from Oakland University and a PhD in nursing from the University of Colorado.

Currently Dr. Malloch also serves as President of the Arizona State Board of Nursing, senior consultant for Tim Porter-O’Grady Associates, faculty associate at Arizona State University, College of Nursing and member of the editorial board the Creative Nursing Journal, the publication of Creative Healthcare Management and Patient Care Management Journal.

Janelle Krueger, RN, BSN, CCRN
Janelle has been a registered nurse for 18 years specializing in critical care and long term acute care. She has held corporate level and regional level clinical and quality positions for the last nine years in a multi-hospital organization. Her experiences include program management for ENEPCS, training and education of clinical information systems, and hospital administrative roles. She has her CCRN certification and currently pursuing a MBA degree.

Virginia Zatina, MBA, BA
Virginia has over 30 years experience in financial management, accounting, and contract administration. Her background includes working in such varied industries as marketing communications, manufacturing, distribution, university, and municipal government. She has held the positions of Financial Operations Manager, Business Planning & Analysis Manager, Controller, Contract Compliance Manager, Accounting Manager, Treasurer, and Deputy Treasurer.

Her strong organizational skills, excellent communications skills, and first-rate problem solving ability solidly support Kathy Malloch & Associates in the areas of contract administration, ENEPCS^SM project management, marketing, and overall operations.

Tim Porter-O’Grady, PhD, EdD, FAAN
Dr. Tim Porter-O'Grady has been involved in health care for 33 years. He has served in many positions from clinical provider to both hospital and health service executive in a variety of health services and is a principle in an international health consulting practice.

He is currently Senior Partner of Tim Porter-O’Grady Associates, an international health consulting practice specializing in health systems futures, governance leadership and conflict issues. He also serves as an associate professor on the graduate faculty of Emory University in Atlanta.

Dr. Porter-O'Grady holds degrees in nursing, clinical administration, learning behavior and health systems. He has done post-doctoral work in aging and is a certified clinical specialist in gerontology. He is a graduate of the Harvard University conflict management program and is certified by the Supreme Court’s Office of Dispute Resolution as a registered mediator and arbitrator.

Tim has written over 145 journal articles and book chapters and has published thirteen books (4 of which have won the AJN health care management, “Book of the Year” award). He has consulted with over 700 hospitals and health care agencies internationally and has spoken in 1750 health-related settings in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Porter-O'Grady is listed in seven different categories of Who's Who in America, serves on seven health care journal editorial boards and is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.

Tim has served on a number of community and national boards and has been an elected officer in a variety of health related agencies and organizations. He has been a health systems expert for the National Health Policy Council, governing board member Franciscan Health System, Vice-chair of the governing board of Catholic Health East, (84 hospitals, health services), President of the Georgia Nurses Foundation, and Chair of the Board of AID Atlanta, just to name a few.

Tim has focused his professional work on health systems innovation and creativity as applied to the design and delivery of health services. He is considered an expert on health futures and innovative health service models. Tim has a strong commitment to building healthy communities and facilitating the partnerships necessary to sustain them.

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